A STRONG MAN [1929]
year:
- 1929
release date:
- 2 X 1929
runtime:
- 78 min
directed by:
- Henryk Szaro
written by:
- Jerzy Braun, Henryk Szaro
director of photography:
- Giovanni Vitrotti
cast:
- Grigorij (Grzegorz) Chmara [Henryk Bielecki], Łucja, Henryk’s lover [Łucja, kochanka Henryka], Julian Krzewiński [Ligęza, a landowner], Maria Majdrowicz [Nina, Ligęza’s wife], Artur Socha [writer Jerzy Górski], Stanisława Wysocka [Bielecki’s grandmother], Bolesław Mierzejewski [the Ateneum theatre director], Janina Romanówna [Nastka Żegota], Aleksander Zelwerowicz [a publisher]
music by:
- Feliks Maliniak
production design:
- Hans Rouc
produced by:
- Gloria
executive producer:
- Marek Libkow
About the film
Henryk Bielecki is a type of strong man, seeking fame and wealth at all costs.
He goes so far as to murder a writer, which allows him to publish books written by the murdered man under his own name and gain publicity. Meeting the beautiful, extremely subtle Nina Ligęza, wife of a landowner, causes a breakthrough in his life. Under her influence, he is reborn morally and realises the wickedness of his conduct and the misery of his past life. She helps him become a truly a strong man, possessed of strength of character. Not wanting to cause more harm to others and unable to find a place for himself in the world, he commits suicide.
The film is relatively well-made and edited, with appropriate suspense and an interesting set design.
Jan Słodowski, Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych, Warszawa 1996
